Flowers Hospital: nearing perfection on core measures

Flowers Hospital: nearing perfection on core measures

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Case study. High-performing health care organization
Contributor(s):
Edwards, Jennifer
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2008]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Clinical Protocols
Hospitals, Community
Hospitals, Proprietary
Organizational Case Studies
Organizational Innovation
Patient Care Management -- methods
Process Assessment, Health Care -- organization & administration
Alabama
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Vital Signs. Location: Dothan, Ala., near Georgia and Florida borders Type: Nonteaching, for-profit community hospital owned by Community Health Systems, Inc., of Franklin, Tenn. Beds: 235. Distinction: Top 1 percent of hospitals in composite of 22 process-of-care quality measures among roughly 2,000 hospitals (about half of U.S. acute-care hospitals) eligible for this analysis; also scored in top 1 percent of hospitals for prevention of surgical infections. Timeframe: Second quarter of 2006 through first quarter of 2007. To be included, hospitals must have submitted data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for all 22 measures, with a minimum of 30 cases for at least one measure in each of four clinical areas. See Appendix A for full methodology.
Copyright:
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Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101530743 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101530743